#B9953B#B9953B

#B9953B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.115 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9953B
RGB	rgb(185, 149, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 68.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 3.74, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 51.05, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% 0.0063 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.115 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5462, 32.1269, 8.6764)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9953B #3B5FB9

analogous

#B9563B #B9953B #9EB93B

triadic

#B9953B #3BB995 #953BB9

tetradic

#B9953B #3BB956 #3B5FB9 #B93B9E

square

#B9953B #3BB956 #3B5FB9 #B93B9E

split-complementary

#B9953B #3B9EB9 #563BB9

monochromatic

#5C4A1D #8B702C #B9953B #CDAF64 #DCC792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#B9953B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#B9953B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9953B

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9953B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9953B	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9953b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 149, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.115 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b375',
    500: '#b9953b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9953b;
$custom-light: #d2b375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9953b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68631,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9953B

secondary

#889AC7

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6ED

border

#D3D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9953B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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